Pearl Bryant

Title

Pearl Bryant

Digital Object

Performer

McFarland, Roscoe C.

Date Recorded

1937-10-26

AFS Number

1567B1

AFC Collection

AFC 1937/001

AFC Catalog Record

http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304

Editor Note

McFarland stops abruptly and says "stop it" (he can't seem to find the tune), then starts again. (Technically should be a new band, but combined on AFS card as 1567B1 and preserved as such.) ID'd as "Macfarlane" on AFS Card. McFarland was from nearby Lakeville.

Genre

ballad

Instrumentation

vocal

State

Kentucky

County

Magoffin

Town

Salyersville

Is Referenced by

Cohen, Anne B. Poor Pearl, Poor Girl! The Murdered-Girl Stereotype in Ballad and Newspaper. Published for the American Folklore Society by The University of Texas Press. 1973. (Study of the ballad of Pearl Bryan; there are several recordings of the song in the collection.)

Purnell, Janice. “'Pearl Bryan' and 'The Jealous Lover'.” Kentucky Folklore Record. Vol. 12, No. 1, 1966. pp. 1-3. (The collection includes several recordings of both songs in the collection.)

Collection

Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection

Citation

“Pearl Bryant,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed September 24, 2023, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/1111.

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